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* [tip: x86/iopl] x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no permissions are set
@ 2019-11-16 11:51 tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
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From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner @ 2019-11-16 11:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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  Cc: Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, linux-kernel

The following commit has been merged into the x86/iopl branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     32f3bf67ee78332f2caec0984cb9d412cd0a3c23
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/32f3bf67ee78332f2caec0984cb9d412cd0a3c23
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:56:19 +01:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 11:24:01 +01:00

x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no permissions are set

If ioperm() is invoked the first time and the @turn_on argument is 0, then
there is no point to allocate a bitmap just to clear permissions which are
not set.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
index ca6aa1e..80fa36b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ long ksys_ioperm(unsigned long from, unsigned long num, int turn_on)
 	 */
 	bitmap = t->io_bitmap_ptr;
 	if (!bitmap) {
+		/* No point to allocate a bitmap just to clear permissions */
+		if (!turn_on)
+			return 0;
 		bitmap = kmalloc(IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bitmap)
 			return -ENOMEM;

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* [patch V3 07/20] x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no permissions are set
@ 2019-11-13 20:42 Thomas Gleixner
  2019-11-15 21:12 ` [tip: x86/iopl] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Gleixner @ 2019-11-13 20:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: LKML
  Cc: x86, Andy Lutomirski, Linus Torvalds, Stephen Hemminger,
	Willy Tarreau, Juergen Gross, Sean Christopherson,
	H. Peter Anvin

If ioperm() is invoked the first time and the @turn_on argument is 0, then
there is no point to allocate a bitmap just to clear permissions which are
not set.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
V3: Split out from large combo patch
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ long ksys_ioperm(unsigned long from, uns
 	 */
 	bitmap = t->io_bitmap_ptr;
 	if (!bitmap) {
+		/* No point to allocate a bitmap just to clear permissions */
+		if (!turn_on)
+			return 0;
 		bitmap = kmalloc(IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bitmap)
 			return -ENOMEM;



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